Children’s use of smartphones has advantages and disadvantages, and they must be accompanied and monitored while using smartphones, because there are some applications and Internet services that do not suit their ages.
And you can rely on the “Family Sharing” control function in the settings menu for the Apple ID, which allows parents to create a family group for children’s accounts and control them when a smartphone running “iOS” is available to children.
If the child depends on the Apple iPhone, the security function can be set up in the Settings menu under Screen Time, and secured with a security code.
time limits
Here you can set restrictions for each category of apps, such as less time for social, chat and gaming apps, and more time for educational apps.
After the time expires, applications are closed for the rest of the day, and the “disable” function allows you to specify entire periods in which only permitted applications or phone calls are available, and the importance of this function appears during the times of the day.
Contents and age groups
It is difficult for the user to answer questions about installing applications or watching movies for children in general, and here the importance of the “Restrictions” function appears, which allows the possibility of setting accurately, for example, under the “Content Restrictions” item, it is possible to specify age ratings for films and TV programs, which children are allowed to watch, Or limit the age groups of apps, adult web content and Game Center networking functions can be blocked.
Inquiries before buying
If the child wants to purchase an application, the “Purchase inquiry” function must be activated, and here the parents can allow or reject the purchase request as the family group manager.
Another protection function against unwanted charges by apps or games is that in-app purchases can be blocked by the “Restrictions” function.
German experts advised in the initiative “Look what your child is doing with the media!” Relying on technical locks, which help protect children, in addition to talking with children about the conscious use of the media according to the age group.
The German initiative recommended using media only for half an hour for children up to 5 years old, and a full hour for children between 6 and 9 years old, and weekly times for media use can be set at ten, so that children learn to deal with the resources available to them.
There is a general recommendation that stipulates limiting 10 minutes for every year of a child’s age for daily media use, or one hour for every year of a child’s age for weekly use. This does not apply to media related to education or school activities.